PR - Incorrect confirmation code

[Unga]

--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker at rwxrwxrwx.net> wrote:

> From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker at rwxrwxrwx.net>
> Subject: Re: PR - Incorrect confirmation code
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Cc: unga888 at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 2:37 PM
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:17:01PM -0700, Unga wrote:
> > --- On Fri, 7/11/08, Martin Tournoij
> <carpetsmoker at rwxrwxrwx.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Martin Tournoij
> <carpetsmoker at rwxrwxrwx.net>
> > > Subject: Re: PR - Incorrect confirmation code
> > > To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > Cc: unga888 at yahoo.com
> > > Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 11:48 AM
> > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 08:35:38PM -0700, Unga
> wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to submit a problem report over the
> web
> > > (http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html) but on
> submit gives
> > > following error:
> > > > 
> > > > "Incorrect confirmation code
> > > > 
> > > > You need to enter the correct code from the
> image
> > > displayed. Please return to the form and enter
> the code
> > > exactly as shown. Thank you."
> > > > 
> > > > Its really "Thank you" from my
> part also,
> > > this Problem Report wasted lot of my time :(
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > Unga
> > > 
> > > That sucks :-(
> > > 
> > > In some browsers (Opera for example) you can
> press back and
> > > whatever you typed
> > > in forms will still be there ... Not sure how
> this works
> > > with other browsers
> > > ... Guess it's to late for that now...
> > > 
> > > Other then this, I would recommend to _ALWAYS_,
> on any
> > > site/forum, copy
> > > content to a file and/or the clipboard before
> submitting it
> > > in a webform.
> > > 
> > > You may also want to try using send-pr(1)
> included in
> > > FreeBSD base, IMO it
> > > works a lot better than the webform anyway.
> > > 
> > 
> > The issue is app running for the submit PR form either
> buggy or it has a
> > very small time-out. It does not recognize the image
> code typed. 
> 
> There is a PR for this:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=www/99305
> 
> August 2006 ... Doesn't seem to be very high priority.
> 
> You may want to attempt to get the webmaster's
> attention by sending your
> previous email to www at .
> I would fix it myself but I'm not really familiar with
> perl (And even less
> familiar with using perl for webpages) and don't have
> the time to learn/get
> familiar...
> 

Ok, sent to the webmaster at FreeBSD.org.

Regards
Unga